created on Tue, 2006-08-29 14:46

NewsForge: More On BarCamp

Bruce Byflield of NewsForge joined our group at BarCampVancouver last week-end. As it turns out, he had a pretty swell time: met some good people, was thoroughly impressed with the organization, learned a lot, was intellectually stimulated, and seemed to have had some fun along the way.

You can read his article in its' entirety online here. In it, Bruce highlights some of his positive experiences, while suggesting on how the Camp might improve as well.

created on Mon, 2006-08-28 10:47 Thanks to all sponsors and organizers, BarCampVan worked. And it was fun. We laughed, we cried, it was better than Cats.

Check out the many pics.

There's talk of throwing together a PhotoCamp or DemoCamp in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled at a blog near you!

created on Sat, 2006-08-26 15:41

Photography The Science

Photo: Formula Photographic

Matthew Trentacoste, Kris Krug and Warwick Patterson held a session at BarCampVancouver on anything and everything photographic that we, the session go-ers, wanted to talk about, learn, gain, explore.

Matt showed us some pretty spectacular effects along with a few great resources to scope out and play with:
Hand-Held Plenoptic Camera
Refocusing From Light Fields
Flash and No-Flash Image Pairs
Microsoft Photosynth on YouTube

created on Sat, 2006-08-26 11:05

Sleepless in Vancouver

...and so it goes for the 24-hour stint we call BarCamp.

We are half way through our Saturday at BarCampVancouver. There were some wise folks who elected to hit their homes and the comfort of their own bed after the opening BBQ, and there were of course the brave souls who camped out at WorkSpace, staying true to the traditional sense of BarCamp.